I've had a thought about something that could in the world my group will soon be campaign in but if it does happen it will be years after the campaign ends
My question is if the king, whose currently only the crown prince, has no children could he name his wives cousin, whose young enough to be his wives son, but not young enough to be his son, but despite that he's always treated him like the son he never had, as heir to the throne?, after all even though he is a member of the royal family he's only related to the king by marriage not by blood or even by adoption?
If it helps The Kings Cousin by marriage/his wives cousin, whose young enough to be his wives son, but not young enough to be his son, but that despite that he's always treated like the son he never had, is also the nephew of A Duke and by various marriage's he's related to 4 Barons, 2 Baroness's and 1 Earl. Does that make a difference?
My question is if the king, whose currently only the crown prince, has no children could he name his wives cousin, whose young enough to be his wives son, but not young enough to be his son, but despite that he's always treated him like the son he never had, as heir to the throne?, after all even though he is a member of the royal family he's only related to the king by marriage not by blood or even by adoption?
If it helps The Kings Cousin by marriage/his wives cousin, whose young enough to be his wives son, but not young enough to be his son, but that despite that he's always treated like the son he never had, is also the nephew of A Duke and by various marriage's he's related to 4 Barons, 2 Baroness's and 1 Earl. Does that make a difference?